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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Very Wicked Things by Ilsa Madden-Mills ~ Cover Reveal

Very Wicked Things

Book 2 of the Briarcrest
Academy Series

A new adult romance from
bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills

Release Date May 13,
2014

Synopsis:

Born on the poor side of town…

Ballerina Dovey Beckham is a scholarship student at
Briarcrest Academy, determined to prove she’s more than just a girl with the wrong
pedigree. She does whatever it takes to succeed in her endgame, even if it means
surrendering her body…but never her heart.

Until the day she meets him, and he rips apart all her well-
laid plans. Suddenly, the girl everyone thought unbreakable might just shatter.

Born into wealth and privilege…

Cuba “Hollywood” Hudson is rich, spoiled, and a star
football player. With his fast cars and superficial girlfriends, he lives the high-life, hiding
his secrets from the world.

Until the day he meets her, and she offers him something
he’s never tasted…love.

But once in a lifetime kind of love doesn’t come
easy. When trust crumbles and doubts creep in, both will have to decide to either love or
let go…forever.

Welcome to Briarcrest Academy, where sometimes, only
the wicked survive.

Excerpt:

Cuba’s POV

Not exactly a meet-cute…

The room closed in, making me sweat. I hadn’t talked
to her in over a year, and now here we were, face-to-face. Two ex-lovers who hated each
other.

I had to get away from her.

Dovey tilted her head as I stood, giving me a scathing
glare. “Leaving so soon? Yeah, go ahead, cut and run. Coward.”

I ignored her and tried to get Weinstein’s attention, to
let her know she could flunk me for all I cared.

“Before you go, tell me one thing, and I’ll make sure
we aren’t partners in this class. You’ll be free of me,” she said.

“What?” I asked, my voice going all raspy, blocking all
the words I wanted to say. They weren’t things she ever needed to hear.

“Why so cruel to me? You aren’t to the other girls you
date and dump. Why single me out?”

I seethed. “And it didn’t take you long to find someone
else, now did it? How is Spider? Does he get you hot like I did?”

She smirked. “He’s fine. He thinks I hung the moon.
He thinks you’re an ass. I agree.”

I tightened my fists and pressed them against my
thighs, swearing to myself I wasn’t responding to her bait. I swore. She was a dangerous
game I didn’t need to play.

Suddenly, her face fell. Was she recalling the last time
we were together? Was she remembering how I used to…

“I trusted you,” she whispered, all her anger seeming
to be gone. The unsteadiness of her voice undid me, sent me right over the edge of that
precarious cliff I’d been hanging on to by the skin of my teeth.

Yeah, she hadn’t been the only one who’d trusted me.
I’d ruined them all. Every last one. Dark thoughts assaulted me, of the blood I had on my
hands.

Snap! My pencil broke and small pieces flew across my
desk and into the empty space between us.

I wanted to pummel my desk until my fists bled. I
wanted to punch a hole through the wall, the floor, my face.

Everything was my fault. Just mine.

She’d been collateral damage, the kind that breaks
everyone involved. And I was sorry for it, but sometimes you do what hurts because it’s
for the best.

But she was my kryptonite, leaving me no option but to
hurt her. Again.

I didn’t think about my cruel words, I just said them.
“You were a curiosity, Dovey. You weren’t the usual BA girl, and I wanted a taste.
That’s all. I moved on when it got boring. Get over it.”

Author Bio:

Ilsa Madden-Mills is a loving wife and mother, a loyal friend, and a teacher. When all that is done, she writes. Obsessively.

She spent several years teaching high school English, but now hangs out at home with two small kids, a neurotic cat, and her Viking husband. She collects magnets and rarely cooks except to bake her own pretzels.

When she’s not typing away at a story, you can find her drinking too much Diet Coke, jamming out to Pink, or checking on her carefully maintained chocolate stash.

She loves to hear from fans and fellow authors.

Very Wicked Things is Book 2 of the BA Series.

Very Bad Things is currently available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iBooks.

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